A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Been sidetracked. Here's the chapter. Hope you like it.

Sanji, Usopp, Nojiko, and Grace had gathered their things and had on new clothes before running after Luffy, who had gone ahead of them towards the beach.

"Oi, Luffy!" Sanji yelled to get him to stop as they all met up with him.

"What's up guys?" Luffy asked.

"Where are you going?" Nojiko asked. "We're supposed to be heading for Upper Yard, not the beach."

"I know." Luffy said. "Don't worry. We'll get there."

"And how are we going to do that when you run off in random directions?" Sanji asked.

"It wasn't random. We needed to be here." Luffy stated.

"What do you mean?" Grace asked.

"I can't say." Luffy said. "Enel's listening."

"He can hear us?" Usopp asked before panicking. "Then he really is God if he can hear us!"

"Everyone." All the Straw Hats looked up to see Conis at the top of the steps looking down at them. "My father sent me here to guide you all to Upper Yard."

"Really? Pagaya did that? That was nice." Usopp said with a smile.

"At least we won't be walking around in circles." Grace said as she munched on a rice cracker.

"Ah~! Being guided by an angel like Conis-chan is nothing but happiness!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes. The only ones who didn't share in their enthusiam were Luffy, Nojiko, and Conis herself.

"Well, since you came here, sure." Luffy said with a smile before they all followed her back up the stairs, with Captain McKinley watching from the cover of the clouds with his men.

"Upper Yard is very dangerous." Conis told them.

"It looks more fun than dangerous." Luffy laughed.

"You could die." Conis said in worry.

"Death will come one day." Luffy said.

"I'd prefer that we don't die today." Nojiko said.

"We won't. We still have a lot of adventures and stuff ahead of us after this place." Luffy said with a laugh. Conis looked back at them all as they ascended the staircase while McKinley and his men watched.

"They're heading for the wharf." one of them said.

"Should we be following them in that case?" asked another.

"Quiet!" McKinley barked. "All the other Blue Sea dwellers who have come before were all the same. They spoke of going on grand adventures, but turned tail at the last minute when faced with death." The group soon found themselves on Lovely Street, the sole Shopping District of Angel Island, and were fascinated as they walked on.

"Hey, are they all avoiding us?" Usopp asked when he noticed the locals glaring at them while moving out of the way of their path.

"Word about us being criminals must've gotten around." Sanji said.

"Don't worry about it." Luffy said as they walked on before they came to statue in the middle of the street.

"What is this thing?" Nojiko asked as they stared at the sculptor.

"Is this art?" Grace asked.

"This is Vearth. It represents the eternal yearnings of everyone up here." Conis explained with a smile.

"Vearth?"

"Yearnings?"

"It may sound strange to Blue Sea dwellers." Conis said before walking along. "The wharf is this way." The group followed her to the wharf, with Mckinley crawling on the ground out of sight as he followed them. They arrived at the wharf where they saw many gondolas with different sized dials on them.

"Hey, these look pretty amazing." Nojiko said as she looked at all the boats. Luffy's eyes sparkled when he spotted the gondola he wanted to take last time while Conis explained the various types of boats and dials attached to them before showing them the one they were to use.

"Presenting the Little Crow!" she said as she stood next to a small boat with two onboard dials, a black crow figurehead at the front.

"A crow? That's not a water fowl." Sanji stated as they all stared at it.

"I used it before I was good enough to use the wave." Conis explained. "I hope you use it well."

"Hmmm." Luffy said as he stared at the boat.

"I-Is something wrong?" Conis asked, her nervous tone betraying her.

'I knew it.' McKinley thought as he spied on them. 'All talk until they get to the end, then they turn chicken and run.'

"Nothing's wrong. I just really want to use that one." Luffy said as he pointed at the bigger gondola he liked.

"He was just being selfish?!" McKinley whispered harshly.

"Oh, you don't like the Little Crow?" Conis asked with a nervous smile while Sanji began to kick Luffy's face and demand he apologize to Conis for being an ungrateful asshole.

"Sowwy." Luffy mumbled through swollen lips.

"It's no problem." Conis said as she lead them to the gate and pointed out at it. "All you have to do is take your ship through gate No. 2. You'll...you'll be able to get to your friends that way." she finished while looking down.

"Alright then." Luffy said as he walked towards the boat.

"Hey, Conis." Nojiko suddenly spoke up, gaining their attention.

'Uh oh.' Luffy thought, having an idea as to where this was heading.

"Y-Yes?" Conis asked, her eyes still to the ground.

"You've been trembling since we left your house. Why is that?" Nojiko asked. Conis gasped as the people around them looked at them all, a nervous gleam in their eyes.

"Now that I think about it, you look a little pale." Usopp added.

'Not good.' Luffy thought as he eyed the sky above them. If he stepped in now, the others would get suspicious and might say something that'll be heard by Enel. He closed his eyes and just accepted the fact that he'd have to let things play out again like last time.

"Aww~" Sanji laughed with a big dumb smile. "Conis-chan is worried about me!"

"I'm sure she's worried about all of us, but what about you and your father?" Nojiko asked. "We're criminals, yet you're both still helping us. Won't that make you both criminals as well?" Conis continued to tremble and stare at the ground as she began to break out in a cold sweat.

"This is a trap, isn't it?" Grace bluntly asked, making Conis flinch and everyone else around them tense up at her words.

"Come now," Sanji said with a smile. "As if a sweet innocent flower like Conis-chan would do something so horrible." His smile fell when Conis fell to her knees, tears in her eyes.

"Was I that obvous?" Conis asked in a choked up voice.

"HEY! STOP THAT! DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING!" McKinley shouted before ducking out of sight again.

"This is indeed...a trap!" Conis sobbed. "And the one who called the Super Express Speed Shrimp...was also me!" Now the people around them were panicking, yelling at her to stop talking, and that it was her duty to lead them here.

'Don't tell me that they're all in on this.' Sanji thought as he eyed everyone.

"When we find a criminal in Skypeia, we must escort them! Or else we'll be killed! That's our duty!" Conis sobbed as they all stared down at her, a stern look on their faces.

"So, you were forced to do this?" Nojiko asked, to which Conis nodded with her hand covering her mouth.

"THEN WHY SAY ANYTHING AT ALL?!" the Straw Hats all shouted, making her look up at them in shock and confusion.

"Now your life is in danger!" Luffy yelled as he kneeled down in front of her before his haki picked up on Enel's power approaching. "EVERYBODY! RUN AWAY!" he yelled as the sky above them shined with an intense light.

"The Judgement's coming!" shouted some of the locals as they fled, along with Luffy and his friends, before a massive beam of energy shot out of the sky straight towards Conis, who was being carried away by Luffy. Luffy looked around before he spotted a blur of polka dot heading towards him before the beam struck the ground, shaking the entire area around them with a deafening roar before it slowly vanished, leaving a bottomless pit where it struck moments ago. Nojiko, Grace, Usopp, and Sanji all stood up and looked around to see the whole area had been obscured by kicked up clouds before calling out for Luffy and Conis.

"Your friends are safe!" Everyone turned to see Gan Fall and Pierre appear, with Luffy and Conis safely with them.

"It's the weird old knight!" Usopp shouted.

"Weird? I am the Knight of the Sky!" said Gan Fall before throwing Luffy towards them, where he safely bounced to his feet.

"And Conis?" Sanji asked.

"I will take care of her. Enel's power cannot reach her while she's with me!" he said before giving them a hard look. "You've seen the true nature of this place! How will you proceed?"

"Simple. We go and get our friends back!" Luffy said with a serious grin on his face.

"I see," Gan Fall said before flying away. "I wish you good luck on your endeavor!" They all watched him fly off before they began to pack their things onto the Little Crow.

"Okay guys. See ya when you get back!" Usopp said before Sanji pulled him into the boat.

"They're going? Without a shred of hesitation?" McKinley whispered in awe as they set sail down the Milky Road towards Upper Yard.

-Meanwhile-

The rest of the Straw Hats and the Merry were now resting on top of the Sacrificial Altar, which was surround on all sides by Sea Cloud.

"That lobster just up and left us here." Gin said as everyone began looking around.

"Can you see anything up there?" Alvida shouted to Valerie, who was floating high up above the trees thanks to her powers. Valerie slowly floated back down until she was back on deck with everyone.

"Nope. Just more forest and those strange rivers made of cloud." she said with a shake of her head.

"Where exactly are we?" Zoro asked out loud.

"This appears to be a Sacrificial Altar." Robin explained.

"What is that?" Chopper asked as he sat on the railing.

"It's where lives are offered to God." Robin explained. Chopper sighed in relief as he had been thinking he'd be boiled alive, only for Robin to explain that they were still going to be killed.

"WHAT?! BUT I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Chopper shouted hysterically before losing his balance and falling down the stone steps towards the sea cloud, only stopping when two of Robin's arms sprouted at the bottom step to catch him.

"Nice catch, Big Sis!" Johnny and Yosaku said with their thumbs up while Zoro ran down to get Chopper, only to stop a Skyshark from eating him and sinking with it.

"What happened to him?!" Vivi asked in worry as everyone stared down at the water. They watched the water for awhile before they began to fear the worse.

"He's...not coming back up." Chopper whimpered.

"Did he...get eaten?" Nami whispered in horror.

"AHHHHH!" Chopper screamed in horror. "ZORO GOT EATEN!"

"If he did, then the water would be red by now." Robin said calmly.

"DON'T SAY SUCH MORBID THINGS ROBIN!" Nami shouted at her.

"Not wise." Robin said as she made more arms grow to stop Johnny and Yosaku from jumping in the water after Zoro. They kept watch before the skyshark jumped out, with Zoro holding it's mouth open with it's swords.

"There he is!" Gin shouted before they sunk again.

"I guess Zoro's met his match." Alvida said with a frown.

"GET OFF ME!" Zoro roared as he punched the skyshark into the air.

"He's okay." Valerie said in relief as Zoro walked back up to them.

"You're a swordsman, yet you punched it." Nami said as Zoro took off his wet shirt.

"SHUT IT!" Zoro snapped at her as they all tried to figure out what they were to do next.

"Well, I'm gonna go check out the island." Zoro said as he pulled on a dark blue shirt.

"I'll go with you." Johnny said.

"Me too." Yosaku added.

"Don't slow me down." Zoro said.

"Mind if I join you?" Robin asked with a smile.

"Why do you want to go?" Nami asked as they all looked at her.

"Look at this wall." she said. "This was made 1,000 years ago. A historical marvel like this excites me. Other such items like jewel shards may be found on this island as well."

"I'm coming too!" Nami said with a smile.

"Why are you going?! I thought you didn't want to be here in the first place!" Chopper yelled.

"We're going to dig up some history!" Nami said with a big smile, her eyes in the shape of beli symbols.

"I'll go with you guys too." Valerie said as she jumped off the ship.

"You too?!" Chopper said in panic. At this rate, everyone was going to leave.

"I'll be staying here." Alvida said.

"Same here." Gin added. "Someone, or something, might come and grab the ship if someone's not here."

"I'll stay as well." Vivi said, with Carue quacking next to her. With everyone decided on who went where, they all began to separate. Robin used her powers to throw a vine to them all that reached just to the crow's nest of the ship.

"Alright." Zoro said before clearing his throat and swinging to land. "aaaaAAAAaaaaaAAAAaaaaa!" he yelled.

"What was that?" Nami asked as she stared with a deadpan look on her face. "A call of bravery or something?"

"You obviously don't understand the call of a man." Johnny stated, with Yosaku nodding next to him.

"Call of a man?" Alvida asked before shaking her head with a chuckle. "Morons."

"My turn." Valerie said as she swung over, using her lighter body to keep from hitting the ground too hard. "Easy."

"Me next!" Johnny yelled as he grabbed the vine and swung. "AAAAaaaaAAAAaaaaCRAP!" he yelled as he slid down the vine as it neared land, falling onto the ground hard before groaning. "Ow." he muttered as Robin easily swung over and landed next to them.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked with a smile.

"I'm good!" Johnny said as he instantly stood up, trying to act like it didn't hurt.

"AAAAaaaAAAAaaaAAAAA!" Yosaku yelled as he swung over before smacking into Johnny, causing them both to roll on the ground in pain. "Sorry." he moaned.

"You're next Nami!" Valerie yelled as the vine swung back to Nami.

"Right." she whispered as she nervously looked at the water, where a few skysharks began eating the one Zoro punched out cold earlier.

"If you fall, you'll die." Robin yelled calmly.

"NOT HELPING!" Nami yelled at her.

"Come on!" Gin yelled up to her. "Do I gotta push you or something?"

"No! I'm going!" Nami yelled before taking a deep breath and swinging towards land. "FAST! TOO FAST!" Nami yelled in panic as she was heading for a tree, but was stopped thanks to Robin catching her in many arms. "Thanks." she said as she sat in the dirt.

"You're welcome." Robin said.

"AAAaaaAAAA is what you should've done." Zoro told her.

"THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED!" Nami snapped.

"Good luck guys!" Vivi yelled with a wave.

"Keep an eye on the ship guys!" Valerie yelled before they walked off.

"Well, there they go." Alvida said before she stretched her arms up.

"Those guys are so brave." Chopper said with a big smile. "Going out there in the dangerous forest."

"So you're saying that I'm a weak coward or something?" Gin asked while glaring down at Chopper, making him 'hide' behind Vivi in fear.

"Don't scare him." Vivi scolded as she pet Chopper.

"Tch. Can't take a joke." Gin said with a smirk as he took out some wood and nails. "Come on Chopper."

"Huh?"

"The ship took a beating on the way up here. Someone's gotta patch it up." he said.

"Oh! You're right!" Chopper said as he and Gin began to hammer wood in a few spots.

"This is new of you." Alvida said with a chuckle.

"A pirate can't be a pirate without a working ship." Gin said. "And since we don't have a shipwright, all we can do is just patch her up for now."

"Well, have fun with that." Alvida said as she relaxed on a lawn chair. Gin just stared at her before going back to patching up the ship.